Serious cause of concern: Govt on crowded tourist spots

Visuals from tourist spots of people mingling without adhering to COVID protocols are a "serious cause of concern", said a senior government official on Friday, while asserting that lowering of......

Kerala youth returned from abroad dies with monkeypox-like symptoms

Kerala health minister Veena George initiated a high-level inquiry into the death of a youth, after he died with monkeypox-like symptoms. The youth hailed from Chavakkad Kuranjiyur in Thrissur......

No plan for mandatory Covid testing at airports now, say govt sources

There is no plan so far to make RT-PCR testing for COVID-19 mandatory at airports for travellers, Union health ministry sources said on Thursday, amid an uptick in coronavirus infections in India.......

Govt, Bharat Biotech willing to invite other cos for Covaxin production

Amid the reports of coronavirus vaccine shortage from various states, the central government and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech are willing to invite other companies which want to produce COVAXIN......